Antiglare attachment for headlights



June 8 1926.

H. L. GORDON ANTIGLARE ATTACHMENT Foa HEADLIGHTS 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed sept. 15. 1925 /MTT/TORNIA-Ys June 8 1926.

H. L. GORDON ANTIGLARE ATTACHMENTFOR HEADLIGHTS Filed Sept. 15, 1925 2 Sheets--SlxeeI 2 INVENoR. v710r/"l.Ganowz l BY n W y* ATTORNEYS.

A means for preventing` the headlights of mol Patented June 8, i926.

einem L; Gannon, or anw` sans, n.

Nail-@Milan .efrTmoiIMnNr Fon HEADLIGHTs Y Apncatin ined septemier invention relates to an antiglareyat-v tachment for headllightsfand has orits o bject the provision of simple. and `ecient tor vehicles from-glaring, or blinding' the vision of a person in an approaching, vehicle, or ,a person crossing-J the street in the pathgof'the oncoming motor vehicle.

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inventionv comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements.. of parts as will be', hereinafter. fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended ,claims In the drawings I. v j l Figure 1 is a ,vertical ,sectionaly view through my attachment and an ordinary typefof aheadlight. u

F igure2 Ais a View in elevation of the outer plate. I

F ig-ure 3 is a vien7 in elevationof the` innerfplate. A

Figure 4 is a tension plate. i ,y g

F igureI 5 is a fragmentary perspective vie'W of theinner and'` outer pla-tes shown l'ierspective vieiv ot the eX- inan assembled position.y v Y y A Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspeptiye Viewl .of adieadlightwith my attachmentl 1n position thereon.

Figure' is` a fragmentary vertial sectional view of the, device, showing an eX- tension plate thereon.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the headlight which is provided with a grooved portion 2, in Which is seated the cord like packing 8. My attachment is placed between the glass i and the packing 3, with the pointed prongs 5av of lthe outer plate 6 sunk into the packing 3 (Fig. 6) for holding the outer plate from shifting its correct position within the headlightv 1..

The outer plate 6 is provided with blades 7, and with the prongs 5, as Well as struck out ears 8. Each prong 5 is provided with shouldered portions 9 that bear against the inner face of the inner plate 10 Whenfthe inner and outer plates are assembled (Fig. 5) the extreme outer ends of prongs 5 are bent up at right angles (Figs. 1 and 7 se.- eurely holding the tWo plates in an assembled position. It Will, therefore, be seen that ythe prongs 5 are cut or 'struck out from the plate 6 and `are partly inserted d an. ordinaryheadlight. y y,

y n ,l I V ,thatgthe maximum. amount of lbeneiit ,is `obtained by having a 15,5192,v sensi No. $6,500.

intagli its @negated Slots ii '(.iiig'jaif of f inner plate 10, `tv'ith the shouldered portions im). ot vthe prongs 5 bearing against the inn'er plate, holding saifdfpl'ates in spaced. position.

The inner'plate 10y provided Vith blades 12 are, arranged in substantially av V-v shaped position, the object being to place ivhich the lblades Tof'the .trent plate are Jositioned,` so as to breakup the rays cast i'r'o'm bulb 13 and throyv `these,broken ,up pr chopped rays against the d-eiilectingiblades 7and thence onto the roadivay, thereby eliminatingcompletely the glaring effect of t is to be note-d.

plurality oi assembled'plates, one of which isA provided vvithYblades-placed atan'angle to` the plane of the other clearly shoivnv in blades of the inner ypla'te" are arranged preferably in a V-sha-ped position, giving, the maximum amount of eilect, tol the breaking of the raysinV reliectio'n vagainst the blades of the outer plate, for thepurpose hereinbefore vs1 eciiied-l n i The outer" plate is held securely iii its vassembled lposition by `said' ptongsv 5a" sunk inthe packing '3, as A-hereinbetore statedi l use eitension plates Min case rnyattach-ment ispiacedi a' isi-ger lamp-that is, using eiten'sio'n plates 141-, my device can be made to suit any size lamp. This plate 14: is placed at the top and bottom of the outer plate 6, and is similarly constructed, so that it will onlybe necessary to describe one of the extension plates. vThe body 15' of the plate is provided near opposite ends with a series of elongated slots 16 into which slots 16 are plaeed the ears 8 (Fig. 7) which ears are then bent up against the plate to hold the plate' securely upon the outer plate 6.` This extension plate 111 is provided with the packing penetrating prongs 5a just `the same as the outer plate 6, and platev 14 is also provided with spacing earsA 17 that are adapted to lit snugly against the inner faeel of the inner shell'18 for holding my device snugly and firmly Within the headlight 1. By moving the plate 15 up or down upon the outer plate 6, and placing the ears 8 in diii'erent slot-s 16, the outer plate (and my device) aan be made to fit or accommodate' itself to'diii'er= ent size headlights@ f these bladesv at an .angleftoftlie planein ,blade-S, as is' igure 6; further, the y I have found by experience that the pre- ,ferred embodiment of my invention, as

` pear to one lights,

shown in the accompanying drawings, is preferable.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention and illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minor changes or alterations may apinvention relates and I, therefore, reserve the right to malte such changes or alterations as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

`What I claim is l. In an antiglare attachment for headthe combination of a pair of plates provided with inwardly extending blades on their contiguous faces, one of said plates provided with prongs having shoulders, said prongs positioned between the plates and extending through one of the plates with their shoulders bea-ring against the inner face of one of the plates, said shoulders on the prongs spacing the blades apar-t, and means formed on one of the plates for holding the device against shifting its position when placed upon a headlight. n

2. In an antiglare attachment for headlights, the combination of a plate provided with blades, said plate provided with ears, an extension plate provided with a plurality of slots against said first mentioned plate, and said ears adapted to loe-placed in different slots of said extension plate for depending upon the will of thereon, whereby skilled in the art to which this placing the extension plate in different positions upon said irst.mentioned plate.

3. In an antiglare attachment for headlights, the combination of a pair of plates having their outer faces smooth and their inner faces pro-videdl with inwardly extending blades, spacing means carried by said plates near their edges and provided with shoulders bearing against the inner face of o-ne of the plates, and said spacing means being secured at one end to one of the plates and having their opposite end extending through the other plate and bent down spaced relation to each other.

4. In an antiglare attachment for headlights, the combination of a vertical headlight fitting plate provided with blades, said plate provided with integral outwardly eX- tending ears, an extension plate against lsaid first mentioned plate, said extension plate provided with sets of elongated apertures, each setcomprising a plurality of vertically aligned apertures ear, and said ears adapted to be placed through different apertures in said sets for holding the extension plate ,in an adjusted position upon sia-id first mentioned plate.

5. In an antiglare attachment for headlights, the combination of a pair of vertically positioned plates provided only on their inner faces with inwardly extending blades, spacing elements provided with shoulders between said plates, and said shoulders of the spacing elements bearing against the inner face of one of the plates, whereby the blades are retained in a .spaced position. l y

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiii-X my signature. n

HARRY L. GORDON.

the blades are held in ai and registering `with an 

